About Me

I am a Christian, wife of 28 years to an amazing man, and mom to adults identical triplet girls. I came to know Christ through Bible Study Fellowship (BSF), and it is a ministry near and dear to my heart. I was in leadership at BSF for 14 years as a Substitute Teaching Leader, Group Leader, Children's Leader, and Class Secretary. I am also a certified childbirth educator and infant massage instructor. Besides having a passion for the Lord and sharing Him with others, I am also passionate for art, and I love to help and share with other paper crafters and artists. I enjoy doing layouts of all sizes, art journaling, cards, mixed media, ATCs, altered art, etc. I love it all!

In accordance with FTC16CFR, Part 255, I declare that I currently receive or have received free products or am paid a fee to promote and endorse for free from the following companies: Canvas Corp Brands, Memory Box Co., Blue Fern Studios, Our Daily Bread Designs, Spellbinders Paper Arts, Stampin' Things, and Scrapbook.com. These companies generously supply me with complimentary products and/or a paid fee for promotional purposes. My enthusiasm in promoting their products does not stem from the fact that I am compensated by them, but because I truly love their products and feel their product lines and services to be superior in this industry.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Hello everyone! I pray you are enjoying the Our Daily Bread Designs June Release Blog Hop! You should be joining me from Betty's awesome blog. If not, you might want to jump back to the ODBD blog and begin the hop from there. The entire blog hop list is in this ODBD post. You won't want to miss any of the creations the team is sharing with you today! There are definitely some amazing and gorgeous creations! Here are the hop details:

*The hop will run from today until June 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern, and there will be 4 winners!*To win, you must comment on each DT members blog then go back to the ODBD blog post and comment that you completed the hop. Also share any of the blogs that you could not comment on, and answer the question on the ODBD blog (not on the individual DT blogs).*Three winners will receive one stamp set.*One lucky winner will receive this month's entire Bread Basket Bundle!*Winners will be randomly selected from the commenters that complete the hop and announced on the ODBD Blog on June 3.

Now, let's look at what I created with the new Serve the Lord set and two of the new dies--the Crochet Border die (used on the red piece of paper near the page title) and the Crochet Circle die (used to cut out the floral image). I created an 8x8 layout of one of my girls on her first day at work as part of our church nursery staff. This new set (Serve the Lord) was perfect for the subject. :) I used the colors in her shirt to come up with the color scheme for my page. I colored in the flowers by painting with my distress inks. I used the Crochet Border stamp twice--once below the scripture on the tag and then again on the red border where I also used the Crochet Border die.

I hope you have enjoyed the hop and new releases today! I am the end of the line. So, now head back to the ODBD blog to let us know that you have completed the hop! Have a blessed Tuesday, and thanks for stopping by! I appreciate each of you! Blessings,

Dear Patter, Thanks to you I may actually be successfully navigating my first blog hop--I started at your page, went to ODBD, and am now back to you---your work always inspires and intrigues (In a good way--how did she think to do that?) I found it hard to believe that the red piece wasn't a real texture but a stamped image; we'll have to take your word for it....Jennifer in Ohio

Patter, what an amazing layout! What a gorgeous photo and love how you used the new set to embellish it! Beautiful, beautiful! Thanks for showing us once again how awesome ODBD stamps are for scrapping!! Hugs and blessings, Angie

I know I missed ODBD's Blog Hop for the first time in over a year! My router for the computer was sizzled to the point that it couldn't sizzle any more!

I love this page! I love the Verse...and the paper, and those stamps are beautiful. I love the pearl flourishes next to the flower in the circle...I love how the envelope your daughter so nicely. She looks beautiful. I really like the little butterflies...and especially the touch of handwriting on the bottom! Beautiful!